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Craig ARMSTRONG Orchestral Works Clio Gould (violin); Lucy Crowe (soprano); Apollo Voices, BBC SO/Garry Walker rec. 2007/8 VIRGIN CLASSICS [RB]

Georges BIZET Carmen: Prélude & Entractes, L’Arlésienne Suites Les Musiciens du Louvre, Grenoble/Marc Minkowski rec. 2007 NAÏVE [JS]

Anton BRUCKNER Symphony 4 Klangverwaltung O/Enoch zu Guttenberg rec. 2007 FARAO CLASSICS [TB]

Kurt LEIMER Piano Concerto 4 George GERSHWIN Concerto Kurt Leimer, Symphony of the Air/Leopold Stokowski rec. 1959-72 COLOSSEUM CLASSICS [JW]

Giovanni PAISIELLO La Serva Padrona Tiziano Bracci, Gabriella Colecchia, O del Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania/Zuccarini rec. 2004 FABULA CLASSICA [RMc]

Ahmet Adnan SAYGUN Piano Works Zeynep Űçbaşaran rec. 2007 NAXOS [CH]

RECORDING OF THE MONTH Giuseppe VERDI Il Trovatore Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, Vienna PO/Herbert von Karajan rec. live 1962 DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON [ST]

Cantilena Tasmanian SO rec. 1992-2005 ABC CLASSICS [RB]

Peter Lindroos (tenor) Opera Arias and Songs rec. 1983-94 FUGA [GF]

Mordecai Shehori The Celebrated New York Concerts Vol. 3 rec. live 1979-87 CEMBAL D’AMOUR [JW]

 

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